BILL NUMBER: ACR 160	CHAPTERED  09/18/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   140
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 18, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   AUGUST 31, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 23, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ducheny

                        MAY 4, 2000

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 160--Relative to California
Children's Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 160, Ducheny.  California Children's Day.
   This bill would proclaim the 3rd Sunday in September as California
Children's Day and encourage observance of that day by having adults
spend time with children in specified activities.




   WHEREAS, Children ages 18 years and under make up almost one-third
of California's population; and
   WHEREAS, Children represent California's most cherished asset and
valued resource; and
   WHEREAS, Children deserve to be supported, encouraged, protected,
and celebrated by their families, caretakers, and community; and
   WHEREAS, Children symbolize the future of California and are
worthy to have a day set aside to honor their free spirits, their
fascination for new experiences, their great capacity for
imagination, and their ability to look at the world with wonder; now,
therefore be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California
hereby proclaims the third Sunday in September as California Children'
s Day, and encourages the observance of this day in communities
throughout the state by having adults spend time with children going
to parks, museums, or sporting events, or by hiking or simply playing
together; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
the resolution to the author for distribution.
